Owned and operated by the Skinner family, Great Country Timber Frames is headquartered in Ellington, CT—the same town where the family was born and raised. Building on a 30-year tradition of hard work and craftsmanship, Great Country Timber Frames designed, engineered, and built their 12,000+ square foot manufacturing and design facility in 2015. It is out of this headquarters that the company designs & cuts timber frames and timber components for post and beam barns, garages, homes, and other timber framed buildings.

Housed within the facility is a state-of-the-art CNC timber processing machine, which was shipped from Italy and is one of only two of its class in use within the United States. The CNC machine cuts mortise & tenon joinery with extreme precision. When timbers are joined together with wood connections, as is the case in true timber-framed buildings, the more precise the joinery, the stronger the frame. In an effort to maintain “green” facility, waste from the machine, including sawdust and wood scraps, are transported via a dust collection system and compressed into bio fuel briquettes.

Timber frame buildings can be 100% timber frame, or conventionally framed with timber accents only. Great Country Timber Frames is not limited just to timber framing. If a client has a vision for a conventionally framed home with just a few rustic beams added for look, Great Country Timber Frames is still a perfect fit.